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My parents often wondered why I would grow so indignant at the falsification and exploitation of the Nazi genocide. The most obvious answer is that it has been used to justify criminal policies of the Israeli state and U.S. support for these policies.
Norman Finkelstein

Meaning of "Nazi" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NAZI

From German, phonetic spelling of the first two syllables of Nationalsozialist National Socialist.
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PRONUNCIATION OF NAZI

Nazi  [ˈnɑːtsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NAZI

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nazi can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES NAZI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nazi

Nazism

Nazism, or National Socialism in full, is the ideology and practice associated with the 20th-century German Nazi Party and state as well as other related far-right groups. It was also contemporaneous or promoted in other European countries, particularly those with large ethnic German communities such as Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania and Yugoslavia Center for Romanian Studies, 2001 Usually characterised as a form of fascism that incorporates scientific racism and antisemitism, Nazism originally developed from the influences of pan-Germanism, the Völkisch German nationalist movement and the anti-communist Freikorps paramilitary culture in post-First World War Germany, which many Germans felt had been left humiliated by the Treaty of Versailles. German Nazism subscribed to theories of racial hierarchy and social Darwinism, asserted the superiority of an Aryan master race, and criticised both capitalism and communism for being associated with Jewish materialism.

Definition of Nazi in the English dictionary

The first definition of Nazi in the dictionary is a member of the fascist National Socialist German Workers' Party, which was founded in 1919 and seized political control in Germany in 1933 under Adolf Hitler. Other definition of Nazi is anyone who thinks or acts like a Nazi, esp showing racism, brutality, etc. Nazi is also of, characteristic of, or relating to the Nazis.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NAZI


artsy
ˈɑːtsɪ
artsy-fartsy
ˌɑːtsɪˈfɑːtsɪ
Chertsey
ˈtʃɜːtsɪ
curtsy
ˈkɜːtsɪ
cutesy
ˈkjuːtsɪ
feminazi
ˌfemɪˈnɑːtsɪ
neo-Nazi
ˌniːəʊˈnɑːtsɪ
neo-Nazism
ˌniːəʊˈnɑːtsɪ
Orczy
ˈɔːtsɪ
Piozzi
ˈpjɔːtsɪ
quartzy
ˈkwɔːtsɪ
rootsy
ˈruːtsɪ
Tutsi
ˈtuːtsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NAZI

Nay Pyi Taw
Nayarit
naysay
naysayer
naysayings
nayward
nayword
Nazarene
Nazareth
Nazarite
Naze
Nazification
Nazified
Nazifies
Nazify
Naziism
nazir
Nazirite
Nazism

WORDS THAT END LIKE NAZI

Abkhazi
Abruzzi
anti-Nazi
Ashkenazi
Barozzi
Benghazi
brand Nazi
Buthelezi
darzi
ghazi
intermezzi
Jacuzzi
khazi
paparazzi
scherzi
Swazi
Uffizi
umfazi
Uzi
Zambezi

Synonyms and antonyms of Nazi in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Nazi» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NAZI

Find out the translation of Nazi to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Nazi from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Nazi» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

纳粹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nazi
570 millions of speakers

English

Nazi
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नाजी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

النازية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нацистский
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nazista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নাত্সি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nazi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nazi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nazi
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ナチ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

나치
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nazi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Đức Quốc xã
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நாஜி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नाझी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Nazi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nazista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nazi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нацистський
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nazist
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Ναζί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Nazi
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nazist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Nazi
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Nazi

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NAZI»

The term «Nazi» is very widely used and occupies the 12.896 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NAZI» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Nazi» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Nazi» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Nazi

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10 QUOTES WITH «NAZI»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Nazi.
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Uwe Boll
We thought about it, what we want to tell, and I didn't want to move it directly into the Nazi times. I thought it's much more interesting to see how BloodRayne became BloodRayne.
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Tommy Bond
I said to myself, where are we living? In the United States of America where you're innocent until proven guilty, or Nazi Germany with the Gestapo calling?
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Sandra Bullock
Racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, sexism, anything Nazi and a boatload of other things have no place in my life.
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Robert Byrd
We, unlike Nazi Germany or Mussolini's Italy, have never stopped being a nation of laws, not of men. But witness how men with motives and a majority can manipulate law to cruel and unjust ends.
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James F. Byrnes
Important as economic unification is for the recovery of Germany and of Europe, the German people must recognize that the basic cause of their suffering and distress is the war which the Nazi dictatorship brought upon the world.
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James F. Byrnes
Most of the victims of Nazi aggression were before the war less well off than Germany. They should not be expected by Germany to bear, unaided, the major costs of Nazi aggression.
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Robert Dallek
In his State of the Union speech in January 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt declared America's commitment to Four Freedoms in the struggle against Nazi totalitarianism. Among them was the freedom from fear.
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Charles Duke
Of course, mankind would not have landed on the Moon in 1969, were it not for two things: conquered Nazi rocket technology and post-war anti-Communist paranoia in the United States.
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David Duke
The Jews are trying to destroy all other cultures - as a survival mechanism - the only Nazi country in the world is Israel.
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Norman Finkelstein
My parents often wondered why I would grow so indignant at the falsification and exploitation of the Nazi genocide. The most obvious answer is that it has been used to justify criminal policies of the Israeli state and U.S. support for these policies.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NAZI»

Discover the use of Nazi in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Nazi and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
The classic history of Adolph Hitler's rise to power and his dramatic defeat
William L. Shirer, 1990
2
The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide
This book explores the psychological conditions that promote the human potential for evil, relating medical killing to broader principles of doubling and genocide
Robert Jay Lifton, 2000
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A Concise History of Nazi Germany
This balanced history offers a concise, readable introduction to Nazi Germany.
Joseph W. Bendersky, 2007
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Adolf Hitler: Dictator of Nazi Germany
Biography of Adolf Hitler, ruler of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, who conquered most of Europe before his fall in World War II.
Brenda Haugen, 2006
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A History of Nazi Germany: 1919-1945
The second edition of his 1984 book (CH, Oct'85) features expanded coverage of German women, a review of recent Holocaust scholarship, new photographs and illustrations, and annotated bibliographies entitled "Subjects Recommended for ...
Joseph W. Bendersky, 2000
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Nazi Culture: Intellectual, Cultural and Social Life in the ...
George L. Mosse's extensive analysis of Nazi culture - ground-breaking upon its original publication in 1966 - is now offered to readers of a new generation.
George Lachmann Mosse, 2003
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The Nazi Connection: Eugenics, American Racism, and German ...
" In The Nazi Connection, Stefan Kühl uncovers the ties between the American eugenics movement and the Nazi program of racial hygiene, showing that many American scientists actively supported Hitler's policies.
Stefan Kühl, 1994
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The Nazi Conscience
The author identifies the "ethnic fundamentalism" that infused Nazism, revealing the "conscience" and civic morality that founded the core of Nazi ideology, using a wide variety of sources to flesh out this controversial take on the Nazis. ...
Claudia Koonz, 2003
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Nazi chic?: fashioning women in the Third Reich
This is the first book in English to deal comprehensively with German fashion from World War I through to the end of the Third Reich.
Irene Guenther, 2004
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Daniel Half Human: And the Good Nazi
Young Daniel Kraushaar and his friends dream of joining the Hitler Youth in 1930s Germany, but when Daniel learns his mother is Jewish his connections to the Nazis will have fateful consequences.
David Chotjewitz, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NAZI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Nazi is used in the context of the following news items.
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Austria bans Nazi-referencing car number plates
A memorial stone commemorating Holocaust victims in Vienna. Austria introduced tough anti-Nazi laws in 1947. Photograph: Leonhard ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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It wasn't just the Queen – pop music borrowed Nazi symbols too
There were fascist salutes on Top of the Pops and swastikas worn by the Sex Pistols. But don't confuse personal politics with naivety and ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Russian beauty queen, 21, stripped of 'Miss Charming' title after …
So, this year's Miss Charm at the Miss RFPL beauty pageant is a nazi. She represent CSKA. [via @WeAreCSKA11] pic.twitter.com/0luQ5aydnP. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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Royal family Nazi photographs: Images of the Duke of Windsor …
The sale follows the publication, by the Sun newspaper, of images and a home video showing the current Queen seemingly giving a Nazi ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
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Russell Brand triggers disgust after branding the Queen a 'Kraut Nazi'
Comedian Russell Brand has caused outrage after he called the Queen a 'Kraut Nazi' days after footage of the monarch giving the Hitler salute ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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Things we like: The Sun's Nazi-salute scoop
While those of a more sensitive disposition were ruminating on whether 82-year-old video footage of the Queen making a Nazi salute as a child ... «CampaignLive, Jul 15»
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Why the ISIS threat is overblown
Consider Kevin Williamson's much-discussed article from National Review calling Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders a Nazi. «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»
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Ukraine crisis: Is Ukraine on the verge of a neo-Nazi coup?
The presence of far right and neo-Nazi elements in the Ukrainian resistance movement in the east – where both the army and militias were ... «International Business Times UK, Jul 15»
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Worldwide interest in Nazi photos - and TV's David Dickinson will be …
TV antiques expert David Dickinson looks set to cast his critical eye over pictures of former King Edward VIII giving a Nazi salute when they go ... «Daily Post North Wales, Jul 15»
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Nazi hunter targets 90-year-old former labor camp guard in Denmark
A leading Nazi hunter has urged authorities in Denmark to investigate 90-year-old Helmuth Rasboel, who was a guard at a forced labor camp ... «PBS NewsHour, Jul 15»

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